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Anonymous Sun Jul 5 03:46:38 2020 No.1857743 [Reply] [Original]

This is looking up into my wall through a hole in the plaster-board. What do you think this is? Rot? Termites (I can't find any)? Something else? The other timber seems to be fine.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 7 07:08:15 2020 No.1859219 Definitely termites

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 7 07:16:45 2020 No.1859220 >>1857743 Call an exterminator right now, fork over however many thousands of dollars they are going to charge you Dont have the money, pawn some shit and get it Termites will systematically destroy your house

Anonymous Wed Jul 8 11:44:09 2020 No.1860027

>>1857743
termites leave channels and are picky about the parts of wood they eat, they don't like particle board and cedar. They usually leave behind lots of find dirt looking debris and tunnels that are made from termite shit and spit.

That looks like rot, but it's hard to tell with a crappy picture.

You can treat termites yourself with termidor, it works very well because termites do not react to it as a poison and carry it back to their colony and queen.

Anonymous Wed Jul 8 12:14:50 2020 No.1860044

>>1857743
Sure looks like termites. Good thing you caught it early, likely case that there's a colony nearby that recently found your place. I'd say call an exterminator, damn things are impossible to get rid of once they're moved in and have had a few meals around the house.
>>1859220
Don't be a faggot like this though, just call the guy and say you want them taken care of. Don't be desperate, the guy's there working for you on a job that should be left to someone who's done it before

Anonymous Wed Jul 8 16:23:18 2020 No.1860206

>>1860027
With termites, which this is 100% termite damage, killing the king and queen will not do crap to kill the colony because the colony will create another one. Termite kings and queens can live up to 30 years. Also, there are differences between dry wood and subterranean termites and how they function.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 8 16:30:55 2020 No.1860219 >>1860206 so you know nothing about termites.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 8 16:40:26 2020 No.1860224 >>1860219 but he's right.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 9 07:22:25 2020 No.1860673 termites

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 11 23:51:20 2020 No.1862469 >>1859219 >Definitely termites this guy gets it

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